gates and tombs. Besides architectural explorations including Cyclopean masonry and tombs‚ the Mycenaean’s were awesome goldsmiths and potters. They raised pottery from merely functional to beautifully decorative‚ and segued right out of the Bronze Age into their own insatiable appetite for gold. Around 1200 and the Homeric fall of Troy‚ the Mycenaean culture dwindled and died‚ followed by an artistic phase known both as Sub-Mycenaean and/or the "Dark Ages". This phase‚ lasting from
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her painting hidden behind a curtain that only he is allowed to draw back‚ meaning that now she only smiles for him. The Duke then resumes an earlier conversation regarding wedding arrangements‚ and in passing points out another work of art‚ a bronze statue of Neptune taming a sea-horse. In an interview‚ Browning said‚ "I meant that the commands were that she should be put to death . . . Or he might have had her shut up in a convent." [3] "Imaginatively‚ she is of the highest importance‚ practically
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Unlike earlier amphitheatres that were semi-circular and built into hillsides‚ the Flavian amphitheatre is an ellipsoid and still stands free. The name Colosseum‚ as known conventionally‚ came from the massive bronze statue of Nero (Colossus Neronis) that stood next to it in the Region IV Templum Pacis‚ East of the Roman Forum.The Amphitheatre at Pompeii and the Circus Maximus served as Rome’s entertainment venues prior to the construction of the Colosseum. Emperor Vespasian initialized the construction
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Nursing Horus Period: Ptolemaic Period – Ptolemaic (332-30 BC) Dimensions: H:21.4 cm Properties: Bronze Where used: Temple MuseumLocation:Rosicrucian Egyptain‚ San Jose Figure 1: Isis Nursing Horus (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium) 3. Subject Matter: Composition‚ Shape‚ Space‚ Surface Texture & Color This royal portraiture of Isis‚ a three dimensional volume statuette‚ is made of bronze. She seats on a throne which is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state
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Athena the Virgin * Cult statue of Athena holding Nike (winged victory) * Over 30 feet high * Gold & Ivory very expensive Birth of Athena east pediment of Parthenon * Free standing sculptures sitting on giant ledge * Includes the Elgin Marbles * *Elgin
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The Qin dynasty (also written as Ch ’in) was brief‚ 221 B.C. - 206 B.C‚ but much was accomplished during this 15-year period. It was the first dynasty whose emperor ruled over a unified China‚ following his defeat of seven warring states. One currency and a single system of weights and measures for the entire empire were created and a standardized Chinese written language was established. Construction of a national highway system and the Great Wall of China were begun. The name‚ China‚ even originated
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The Hellenistic period between 334 and 323 B.C.‚ Alexander the Great and his armies conquered much of the known world‚ creating an empire that stretched from Greece and Asia Minor through Egypt and the Persian empire in the Near East to India. This unprecedented contact with cultures far and wide disseminated Greek culture and its arts‚ and exposed Greek artistic styles to a host of new exotic influences. The death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. traditionally marks the beginning of the Hellenistic
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Many of the doctrines and concepts central to Christianity have important philosophical implications or presuppositions. In this article we will take a closer look at some of the central doctrines and concepts‚ and their philosophical relevance. Of course‚ many philosophically laden doctrines and concepts are relevant to Christianity‚ and we cannot discuss them all here. Rather‚ our focus will be on those concepts and doctrines that are distinctively Christian‚ and which have been the focus of
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The Valley of the Fallen The Valley of the Fallen or the Benedictine Abbey of Santa Cruz Valley of the Fallen is a monument built between 1940-1958 The monument‚ begun in 1940 and opened in 1959‚ was built according to the plans of Pedro Muguruza and Diego Mendez‚ decorated with monumental sculptures by Juan de Ávalos and a dome decorated with a mosaic by Santiago Padrós. It is located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid) in Cuelgamuros in the Sierra de Guadarrama. The environment
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How important was Polykleitos to the Development of the Kouros? In fifth century Greek free-standing sculpture Polykleitos and his works the Diadoumenos (430BCE) and the Doryphoros (440BCE) (which were originally bronze) are important in demonstrating the development of the Kouros as they highlight a great level of development in terms of the naturalism of a‚ sculpture‚ through the use of contrapposto and application of the ‘Cannon of Proportion’ which is attributed to Polykleitos. Whereas Polykleitos’
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